Olive Bread
Servings Prep Time
1loaf 15minutes
Cook Time
60minutes
Servings Prep Time
1loaf 15minutes
Cook Time
60minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In mixer bowl, add bread flour and yeast and mix. Add kalamata olives. Add water and mix well. It should be a very wet ball of dough.
  2. Cover and let sit at room temperature for 14-18 hours.
  3. Scrape dough onto floured surface and just fold it a few times, liberally flouring both sides if it is sticking.
  4. Take a large tea towel and sprinkle liberally with flour and corn meal. Flip dough onto towel seam side down. Cover and let the loaf ferment and proof for another 2 hours.
  5. After about 90 minutes of proofing, preheat oven to 500°F. Place a cast iron pot that you will use to cook the bread in the oven to preheat.
  6. Flip bread into pre-heated pot seam side up this time and cover and cook for 30 minutes. Remove lid and cook for another 20 minutes until dark, walnut brown.